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Thinking Out Loud

KBIA Hosts Darren Hellwege, T’Keyah Thomas, and Rachael Norden discuss business, technology, poetry, books, music, arts, culture, and more with notable individuals and organizations in Columbia and mid-Missouri.

In the past, the show broadcast Maplewood Barn Radio Theatre, a radio drama put on by the Maplewood Barn community theater on Friday evenings. On Saturday it tackled the college sports scene.

Latest Episodes
  • KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Jami Clevenger, Executive Officer of the Columbia Home Builders Association, about this year's Parade of Homes.
  • KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Michael Stambaugh, Director of CAFNR-MU's Center for Tree Rings Science on their research, and how the science of tree rings studies, or dendrochronology, helps us understand our world through climate change and more.
  • KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Mark Price of Columbia College about this year's Schiffman Ethics in Society Lecture. The guest this year is Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case in which a right for same-sex couples to marry was confirmed. He will be speaking at Launer Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 23rd.
  • KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. So Young Park, Assistant Professor at HDFS on domestic and interpersonal violence in Missouri, how the research at HDFS helps victims of DV, and how to build awareness within yourself and our community in honor of October and Domestic Violence Awareness month.
  • KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Nina Thomas, Community Resilience Organizer with the City of Columbia's Office of Sustainability on CoMo Canopy, a new program in partnership with Forest ReLeaf dedicated to growing resilient tree canopies across Missouri to support healthy people, healthy habitats, and a healthy planet.
  • KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Steve Shankman, who is organizing the 3rd annual Evolution Festival which is coming Sept. 27 and 28 in St. Louis Forest Park. In addition to dozens of great musical acts, the Fest is also a benefit for United Way and their assistance to those affected by this year's tornado in St. Louis.
  • In this Grandparents Day special episode, KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. Megan Gilligan, an Associate Professor at HDFS on the numerous types of relationships grandparents have with adult grandchildren in the modern age, and how can technology can bridge divides among multigenerational families.
  • KBIA's Rachael Norden speaks with Dr. David Braun, Director of CAFNR-MU's Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) on their research, the Missouri Maize and Missouri Soybean Centers, and how the IPG fosters scientific collaboration in this uniquely MU program.
  • In a conversation expanding on her interview at The Daily Blend, KBIA's Rachael Norden chats with Miranda Clines, Director of the Child Development Lab (CDL) at MU's Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) on their expanding programs, what conscious discipline is, and why the CDL remains the best kept secret at Mizzou.
  • KBIA's Darren Hellwege talks with Stefan Freund about this week's Mizzou International Composers Festival, including the big concert Saturday night.